Oddz n' Endz

[Byker]

Anyone lose a prop?

[john szalay]

"Byker" > wrote in news:I6qdnZUTB8ev4z7EnZ2dnUU7-
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> Anyone lose a prop?
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atleast it did not cause damage to the plane like this and several other B-
29s



NACA Boeing P2B-1S Superfortress, BuNo 84029, (built as B-29-95-BW, 45-
21787), "Fertile Myrtle", with seven crew aboard, carrying the second
Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket, BuNo 37974, NACA 144, for airdrop from 30,000
feet, experiences runaway starboard outer propeller while climbing over
Palmdale. Pilot Stanley P. Butchart immediately noses over and releases the
rocket plane early, pilot John B. "Jack" McKay dumps rocket propellants
before landing on Rogers Dry Lake, whereupon the number four prop
disintegrates, throwing blades into the starboard inner engine, through the
fuselage, and into the port inner engine. "Butchart's aileron controls were
useless. Copilot Neil A. Armstrong nursed the bomber home on the other
three engines and made a perfect landing. All of the fliers are NACA
personnel based at nearby Lancaster.